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cor¹

  • /kɔɹ/ Canada, US
  • /kɔː/ UK

Sounds like corps, core (horse–hoarse merger), caw (non-rhotic) · Rhymes with -ɔː(ɹ)

Where it comes from

A minced oath or dialectal variant of God.

interjection

  1. Cockney, UK Expression of surprise. […] She perused it with an interested eye and having mastered its contents said, “Cor chase my Aunt Fanny up a gum tree,” adding that you never knew what was going to happen next these days.

    Similar: wow

cor²

  • /kɔɹ/ Canada, US
  • /kɔː/ UK

Sounds like corps, core (horse–hoarse merger), caw (non-rhotic) · Rhymes with -ɔː(ɹ)

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Biblical Hebrew כֹּר (kōr).

noun cors · kor · core

  1. historical A Hebrew unit of liquid volume, about equal to 230 L or 60 gallons.
  2. historical Synonym of homer: approximately the same volume as a dry measure.

    Similar: homer

  3. historical A roughly equivalent Phoenician unit of volume.

Similar: homer, omer

COR³

noun CORs

  1. Contracting Officer's Technical Representative, or Contracting Officer's Representative, in U.S. government procurement.

CoR⁴

noun

  1. uncountable College of Radiographers, a charitable subsidiary of the Society of Radiographers.
  2. uncountable European Committee of the Regions, the European Union's assembly of local and regional representatives.
  3. uncountable Confederation of Regions Party of Canada, Canadian political party.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: nrc, rca, ndr, regions, rbc, noc, cdr, rdc, rect, ner, colour, adr, committee, coloured, drc, respondence

noun

Similar: homer, omer

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"cor." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/cor. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

cor. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/cor

Chicago

"cor." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/cor.

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@misc{cor_2026,
  title = {cor},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/cor},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}